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The Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 July 1982405,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 3, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,261 km251,818 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1982 is on Tuesday, July 6, 1982 at 07:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 21, 1982 at 11:52 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 28, 198205:57
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 6, 198207:32

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Saturday, July 3, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 1982 to the new moon of July 20, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.